(~s, subjugating, ~d)
1.
If someone ~s a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war. (FORMAL)
Their costly and futile attempt to ~ the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
VERB: V n
subjugation
...the brutal subjugation of native tribes.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
2.
If your wishes or desires are ~d to something, they are treated as less important than that thing. (FORMAL)
After having been ~d to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n, also be V-ed